Vivaldi is considered an enthusiastic pioneer of the horn, pushing it to virtuosic writing and establishing its idiomatic musical language, rather than just using it for color.
Compositional Technique
Many of Vivaldi's concertos, including those on this recording, borrow themes and fragments from his other works, indicating a closely intertwined compositional output.
Compositional Technique
Unlike his contemporaries, Vivaldi's expansion of instrumental forces in these concertos involved augmenting the entire structure and exploiting new timbres, not just doubling string parts.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Vivaldi, more than his Italian contemporaries, created a large number of works for diverse and imaginative combinations of wind and string instruments.
Composition History
Vivaldi's ability to compose such varied works was due in part to his employment at the Pietà, an institution with rich instrumental resources and highly skilled female musicians.
Compositional Technique
Vivaldi's 'Concerti per molti Istromenti' (Concertos for many instruments) redistribute the soloist's role among various combinations of bowed, wind, or plucked instruments.
